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    262 THE TOM AHA WK . {December 191868. ,

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    The Real Christmas Evergreen.—The Tomaha...

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    MILITAR Y REFORM.

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    the Mon Schem ths e ag for o we Control ...

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    MISS MUTTON.

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    Mr. Gladstone's First Ministry Is Now Co...

    effort to benefit the deserving poor instead of the undeserving vagrant 1 Are the same vermin to swarm in our military and naval departments , and pursue , unchecked , their career of murderous blundering to which so many brave men have already fallen victims , under which so many noble hearts , have

    been broken , so many lives made one long misery ? Are the creatures of the Treasury still to be allowed to cheat the nation by applying the money , voted by Parliament for one work , in repairing the waste and loss incurred in some totally different work 1 Is the audit of the public accounts still to be in the

    hands of the nominees and slaves of that very department , whose expenditure they are supposed to check ? Are thousands to be flung away every year in pursuing profitless experiments , while a few hundreds are grudgingly given to the support of education or of the fine arts ? Are

    offences against property still to be punished with impri ¦ - sonment , while outrages against life , and limbs , and decency , are compounded for by a fine ? Are human beings still to be allowed to herd together in dens of fever and sinks of moral corruption m , , while our stables , our ^ piggeries ^ b » ^ b » , rand our

    slaughter-houses , are rigorously inspected ? Are scoundrels to be allowed to poison the food and drink of the poor at risk of no other punishment but the payment of a small commission on their profits to the Government ? Are hundreds and thousands of children still to be condemned by the brutal neglect of

    their parents to life-long ignorance and vice ? Are our police to hunt harmless dogs to death , while garotters and housebreakers are allowed to walk freely amongst us , with their hands on our throats or in our pockets ? These are important questions , and some answer must be

    given to them . We have had enough of Whig palliatives ; we want such abuses , as are pointed at above , rooted out of the land . The hydra self-interest must be slain . J ohn Bull must be no longer bound hand and foot with that invention of the devil , red tape — 1 . The laissez . -aller principle Urn is a very p leasant one for the

    rich and the happy , not for the poor and wretched . We have got as much political liberty as we want , and perhaps more than is good for some of us . We want a little social liberty . We want to be released from the tyranny of custom . We all know that " the British Empire is the home of & c , & c , that Britannia

    rules the waves , and Britons never will be slaves , " because they are the slaves of time-honoured abuses , to which they cling as evidences of their liberty . This is a glorious country , and a poor wretch is free to be starved to death or poisoned , and , for all some people carehe is welcome to such freedom . There is

    plenty of gold in the , bank , and plenty of money to be made in t world he City , and , and our British vast commercial goods are enterprise bought and is our sold proudest all ove boast r the , and ou — — r m —— - or - - ality ^ is pur ^ er than any other nations , we are a

    wonderful and prosperous people—and charitable too , look at the subscription lists . We know all this , and very gratifying it la is u ; datio but w n , e and are when getting we rather walk in tired the streets of repeating , we can all ' t h this elp look self- - ing 41 w m » jb ¦ > at ww ^ F the »»• " * ^ b » g J ^\ utters »» ^ — ^ - — —— as ~ well ~^ as — ~ — at ~ - the — — shop ¦ _ -windows ; w unless we are

    very much mistaken , there are a good many people who have lately woke to the knowledge of the fact that a great deal of our national greatness is nothing but an idle boast , and that there is scarcely any civilised country in which so many disgraceful abuses are fostered , as in rich Christian England .

    262 The Tom Aha Wk . {December 191868. ,

    262 THE TOM AHA WK . { December 191868 . ,

    The Real Christmas Evergreen.—The Tomaha...

    The Real Christmas Evergreen . —The Tomahawk leaves Almanack all the . —Why round ?—Wh . y ? you stupid . —Because it keeps its year

    Militar Y Reform.

    MILITAR Y REFORM .

    The Mon Schem Ths E Ag For O We Control ...

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    occurrence which " . new Let his economies voice be " will first render heard henceforth in Westminster of dail de y - nouncing such jobbery and robbery of the hard-pressed taxpaye a distinct r as is and involved definite in state such ment " retrenchm of what ents reductions . " Let him are demand to be made BV numbers BP VB ^ p B ^ ^ p BV W ^^ F , ^ t ^ f ^ of ^* V are ^ B * what ^*^ B ^ y to - ^^ ^|^ p be V pro ^ B" ^^^ T ^ retained ^ B m ^ r ^^ otions ^ B ^ H ^^^^ ^^^ ^^ v ^^ ^ in ^ have ^^ ¦¦* con ^^^ ^ V ^ ^>^^^^ nexion ^ been ^^ ^ . ^ w - ^ m ^^ ^ r ^^ V ^ promised with * V ^ V ^^^^^ . V the ^^ ^^^ v , ^^^ v and V new ^ BV W v ? of scheme V ^ V ^ W ^ ^^ what ^ V ^ BV B > 4 4 v ^ J ^ V - _ —^ h «¦ SBB B ^ A At Ml ^ . ^

    the for Army appoint Cont ments rol . in Let the him new moreover departments ascertain have whether even already any of been given to officers who are not in the ranks of the departpubli ments c . Let be redu him ce consistentl d , thus ent y ailing and u persi nnecessary stently pe un n sio rtake ns on the scrutiny of these fearful extravagancies , and we will promise him the him gratit for ude some of time the to nation come , — . and also plenty of work to occupy

    Miss Mutton.

    MISS MUTTON .

    Ourselv What Es We If We Confess Had Wri...

    ourselv What es we if we confess had written we should a novel think has b a . een great paid comp to Mrs liment . Henry to Theatre Wood , of in Paris ' Argosy . What , ' by we M should . Nus last consider week an at the equal Vaudeville injustice has originator been done of the at the plot same which time M in . Nus not recognising has used for that his lad drama y as entitled entitled Miss Miss Mutton Mutton *

    Mrs . Henry Wood wrote , a novel called East Lynne . M » Nus has An brought outcry out has a b most een raised successful at the piece cool taken appropriation from this novel of the * c same annot , and understand we are not is altog that ether Mr . Charles astonished Reade at it has , but not w opened hat we his mouth on the subject . Perhaps he has already paid a sum

    of of drama fifive ve pounds oounds so that to to before the the French Fre lon nch we pirate Dirate mb for for e the the ratified absolute absolute and Mrs use use . Wood of of his his entirel charmed y , original at the same comedy time , by , to see A East uthors g Lynne of White on , the Lies stage , or as Le an or Ch & Claudie teau de and Grantierj other equally Art or happy Mistress emanation Siddons ; s A from Village the same Tale brain . ,

• Citation
  • Tomahawk (1867-1870), Dec. 19, 1868, page 262, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_19121868/page/2/